Germany faces historic far-right victory in Saxony-Anhalt

Ulrich Siegmund, AfD candidate, is poised to win the presidency of Saxony-Anhalt.

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The election will take place on September 6 in Quedlinburg, a tourist town in eastern Germany.

An AfD victory would mark a first since the founding of the Federal Republic.

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